[pyx]

Most men can handle (but shouldn't have to) the physical abuse from a woman.

Most domestic abuse done by women is done by weapons such as knives and other sharp edged kitchen utensils. I would think that most men don't handle being stuck with a butcher knife or carving fork well.

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pyx -- I have no reason to doubt you, just curious -- is most of the female-originated domestic abuse really committed with 'weapons'? How do you know that?

The reason I ask is that my son is writing some hard-hitting papers in his college English class, and likes to find sources of data that are 180 degrees out from what is commonly reported in the 'news'. If you have a source I could Google, I would appreciate it. FR can be a wonderful data mine sometimes.

Blueflag.

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FWIW, I followed a fewlinks and found this ...

"Women are nearly twice as like to use an object when she assaults a male partner which can equalize the level of injury he receives. (Straus & Gelles, 1986)"